Stock investors stung by volatility this earnings season are betting that the tumult in technology shares will continue. Investors are pricing in outsize swings for Facebook, Apple and Alibaba, when the companies release their results.

All over the world, citizens, bureaucrats and politicians are pushing back against the power of big tech companies.

Snap Inc. on Thursday said revenue rose 43% in the third quarter, but its number of users declined as the company recovers from a poorly received redesign.

Third-quarter revenue rose 19%, as the company pumped out chips for a growing personal-computer market and for equipment used in data centers.

Alphabet’s latest results signal uncertainty in its core business at a time when it is also dealing with a backlash from regulators and turmoil in its own corporate culture.

Amazon.com continued its streak of profitability, topping $1 billion for the fourth straight quarter, but reported lackluster sales growth.

Regulators haven’t greenlighted the sale of new titles since March, when a government reorganization started, costing companies such as Tencent and NetEase roughly $1.4 billion in lost revenue.

Snap lured the head of global advertising sales at Amazon.com to be its new business chief, filling a vacancy left by the departure of influential former strategy chief Imran Khan.

Apple CEO Tim Cook issued the tech giant’s strongest call yet for U.S.-wide data-protection regulation, saying individuals’ personal information has been “weaponized.”

Microsoft’s cloud service is decelerating, but the company is making up for it through an offshoot of the business that mixes in its software sales, a key strategy for competing with market leader Amazon.com.

Tesla reported a record third-quarter profit after the auto maker increased Model 3 production. The news is lifting the company’s share price and giving embattled CEO Elon Musk renewed credibility.

SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has canceled his speaking role at a major Saudi Arabian business conference this week, a decision that could test the multibillion-dollar business partnership between the Japanese tech investor and the kingdom.

Family favorites are being changed to make them pop on social media. A 26-year-old tries to make his Italian grandfather’s Old World dishes “more sexy” in pictures.

Refinery29, the media and entertainment company focused on millennial women, is laying off more than 40 full-time employees as the publisher falls short of its revenue target for the year.

Verizon Communications added to its pool of wireless phone subscribers in the third quarter while pressing forward with its bet that it is better to focus on building a faster network than trying to own the content that flows through it.

The iPhone XR has a few price-cutting compromises, but great battery life, Face ID and a colorful design make it the best iPhone to buy, writes Joanna Stern.

Uber’s top deal maker, Cameron Poetzscher, has resigned from the company, less than a month after a Wall Street Journal article revealed allegations of prior sexual misconduct in the office.

Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe announced over social media Monday that he is leaving Facebook, the latest in a series of executives to exit from the company.

Uber Technologies Inc.’s top deal maker, Cameron Poetzscher, has resigned from the company, less than a month after a Wall Street Journal article revealed allegations of prior sexual misconduct in the office.

Real-estate investors are poised to buy up property in whichever city Amazon.com picks for its second headquarters. Some bold investors aren’t waiting.

Uber Technologies envisions taking to the skies with a fleet of food-delivery drones in as little as three years, an ambitious timeline for a ride-hailing company that would face technical challenges and regulatory hurdles.

Amazon.com Inc., battling Google for voice-assistant supremacy, is accelerating efforts to make Alexa more useful, offering developers incentives to add games, enhance AI skills.

The tech sector in Los Angeles has taken off in the shadow of Silicon Valley, but now it is looking to its more famous and successful sibling in the north for lessons on how not to grow.

Facebook has hired Britain’s former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, as its top policy and communications executive, giving a Silicon Valley outsider the task of mending the social network’s image.

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are making lots of new devices, but what they’re really selling are touchpoints.

After years of stagnant sales, the push to build new 5G networks is finally paying off for the world’s telecom-equipment makers.

After years on the stock market’s sidelines, a number of highly valued Silicon Valley companies are gearing up to go public as soon as next year. Among the IPO candidates are ride-sharing companies Uber Technologies and Lyft, and data-mining specialist Palantir Technologies.

Amazon executives have made a fresh round of visits to several of the 20 finalists for its $5 billion second-headquarters project, fueling added anticipation as it nears a decision in a process that has stretched over more than a year.

Apple has erected some high walls around its iPhone users. Those who wish to leave iOS have to do some climbing, and moving out of the iMessage ecosystem takes several steps.

Data-mining giant Palantir Technologies, one of Silicon Valley’s most secretive companies, is weighing an initial public offering likely to be among the largest in recent years.

EBay.com filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com, accusing the company of illegally poaching sellers on its marketplace via eBay’s internal messaging system.

IBM reported third-quarter revenue that fell 2.1% from a year earlier, snapping a brief return to growth that had ended nearly six years of shrinking sales.

Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it disclosed them in 2016, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by some advertisers.

Netflix exceeded expectations for adding new subscribers during the third quarter, reporting strong user growth in international markets. Shares jumped after-hours.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died just two weeks after revealing that a cancer he successfully received treatment for several years ago had returned.